Possessive Adjective: Possessive Adjective is the adjective which is used to point out the noun that belongs to someone and there are seven Possessive Adjectives. They are My, Your, Our, Their, His, Her and Its.

Example: This is my book. Your car is outside. His girl fried is waiting

Descriptive Adjective: Descriptive Adjective is the adjective that is used to tell the sorts of noun or quality.

Example: He is a tall man. They are good students. She is a beautiful girl.

Adjectives of Number: Adjectives of Number answer the question ‘How many’

Examples : Two, Seven, Second, Third

Numeral Adjective: Numeral Adjective is the adjective which is used to show the number of noun. There are three types of Numeral Adjective as follow.

a) Numeral Adjective

b) Indefinite Numeral Adjective

c) Distributive Numeral Adjective

a) Definite Numeral Adjective: Definitive Numeral Adjective is the adjective that is used to denote an exact number of nouns as first, second, third or one, two, three….

Example:

– Ankor Wat is the seventh wonders of the world. Ankor temple has got five towers.

b) Indefinite Numeral Adjective: Indefinite Numeral Adjective is the adjective which is used to denote an inexact number of nouns as some, any, much, many, little, a few….

Example: I have some friends here. She has a few pictures. He has got much money.

b)Distributive Numeral Adjective: Descriptive Adjective is the adjective that is used to store one noun. They are every, each, another, other…

Example: Each student is very friendly. They speak to another person.

Demonstrative Adjective: Demonstrative Adjective is the adjective which is used to point out the noun. They are this, these, that, and those.

Example: That man is very handsome. These girls are good-looking.

Interrogative Adjective: Interrogative Adjective is the adjective that is used to ask the question. They are where, what, which….

Example: Which animal do you like? Where doctor is he? What food do you prefer?

Classifying adjective: An adjective which is used to identify something as being of a particular type; EG Indian, wooden, mental. They do not have comparatives or superlatives. Compare with qualitative adjective.

Color adjective: An adjective which has referred to a color; EG red, blue, scarlet, is called Color adjective.

‘Ing’ Adjective: An adjective which has the same form as the present participle of a verb; EG …a smiling face …a winning streak. ‘-ing’ form see present participle, is called ‘ing’ adjective.

A list of ‘-ing’ adjectives that describe an effect and which have a similar meaning to the usual meaning of the related verb:

alarming

amazing

amusing

annoying

appalling

astonishing

astounding

bewildering

boring

surprising

tempting

challenging

charming

compelling

confusing

convincing

demeaning

depressing

devastating

disappointing

terrifying

threatening

disgusting

distracting

distressing

distorting

embarrassing

enchanting

encouraging

entertaining

exciting

welcoming

worrying

frightening

harassing

humiliating

infuriating

inspiring

interesting

intimidating

intriguing

menacing

misleading

mocking

overwhelming

pleasing

refreshing

relaxing

rewarding

satisfying

shocking

sickening

startling

tiring

thrilling

Qualitative adjective: An adjective which is used to indicate a quality, and which is gradable; EG funny, intelligent, small. Compare with classifying adjective.

A small group of adjectives are used to emphasize your feelings about the person or thing you are talking about. These adjectives are called emphasizing adjectives, and they include adjectives such as ‘complete’, ‘absolute’, and ‘utter’.

A List of Emphasizing Adjectives:

absolute

complete

entire

outright

perfect

positive

pure

real

total

true

other

A List of Qualitative Adjectives:

active

angry

anxious

appropriate

attractive

bad

beautiful

big

calm

careful

cold

comfortable

common

complex

cool

curious

sad

safe

sensible

serious

sharp

shocked

short

busy

effective

efficient

expensive

fair

familiar

dangerous

dark

dear

deep

determined

different

difficult

dirty

dry

easy

significant

sure

surprised

sweet

tall

terrible

thick

famous

fast

fat

fine

firm

flat

frank

lovely

low

lucky

free

fresh

friendly

frightened

funny

good

great

happy

hard

heavy

tired

typical

narrow

nervous

new

nice

obvious

patient

silly

hot

important

interesting

kind

large

late

light

likely

long

loose

loud

warm

weak

worried

understanding

simple

slow

small

soft

special

steady

strange

strong

stupid

successful

suitable

plain

pleasant

poor

popular

powerful

reasonable

rich

rough

useful

violent

young

brief

bright

broad

cheap

clean

clear

close

odd

old

pale

high

thin

tight

tiny

pretty

proud

quick

quiet

rare

wet

wide

wild

sick

A List of Classifying Adjectives:

absolute

active

actual

agricultural

alternative

annual

apparent

available

basic

central

chemical

civil

straight

sufficient

theoretical

traditional

urban

communist

conservative

cultural

daily

democratic

direct

domestic

double

due

east

eastern

economic

educational

electric

empty

external

commercial

golden

historical

human

ideal

independent

industrial

inevitable

intellectual

internal

international

legal

local

standard

southern

possible

female

national

natural

negative

north

northern

nuclear

official

open

original

personal

physical

political

positive

west

western

wooden

potential

private

professional

proper

public

raw

ready

real

religious

revolutionary

right

royal

rural

scientific

separate

sexual

magic

male

medical

mental

military

modern

moral

foreign

free

full

general

single

social

solid

sooth

financial

wrong

A list of adjectives those are sometimes used to indicate the position of something as well as for precise reference:

left

right

upper

lower

lop

middle

end

front

back

bottom

A List of Qualitative Adjectives Always Used Attributively:

adoring

belated

chequered

choked

commanding

fateful

flagrant

fleeting

punishing

ramshackle

scant

searing

thankless

unenviable

knotty

paltry

A List of Classifying Adjectives Used Attributively:

atomic

bridal

cardiac

countless

cubic

digital

east

eastern

eventual

existing

forensic

indoor

institutional

introductory

investigative

judicial

lone

maximum

nationwide

neighboring

south

southern

subterranean

supplementary

underlying

west

reproductive

smokeless

remedial

north

northern

occasional

orchestral

outdoor

phonetic

preconceived

woolen

federal

A list of qualitative ‘-ed’ adjectives which have a similar meaning to the most common meaning of the related verb:

agitated

alarmed

amused

appalled

astonished

deprived

bored

confused

contented

delighted

depressed

disappointed

disgusted

disillusioned

distressed

embarrassed

puzzled

excited

frightened

inhibited

interested

pleased

preoccupied

satisfied

shocked

surprised

tired

troubled

worried

A list of qualitative ‘-ed’ adjectives which do not have a similar meaning to the usual meaning of the related verb:

animated

attached

concerned

strained

determined

disposed

disturbed

guarded

hurt

inclined

mixed

A list of classifying ‘-ed’ adjectives which have a similar meaning to the most common meaning of the related verb:

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